Friday Seminar *in-person* - Apr 29th
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Michele FIORETTI joined the Department in 2019 as Assistant Professor.
His research interests include empirical industrial organisation, behavioural economics, and applied microeconomics. His work focuses on understanding firms' strategies with applications on social impact firms and sectors with a social dimension such as the health and the energy sectors. His research and scholarship have already received a number of awards and fellowships and notably the Award for the Best Applied Economics Paper by a Young Researcher at the 2018 Econometric Society Summer European Meeting (EEA-ESEM Cologne).
Michele FIORETTI will present a paper, joint with Victor SAINT-JEAN and Simon C. SMITH, at the next Friday Seminar on the theme:
The Voice: The Shareholders’ Motives Behind Corporate Donations (read paper, PDF 1.72 MB)
More about Michele FIORETTI and his research
Date: FRIDAY, April 29th - 12:30 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405
The next Friday Seminar will host Daniel GYETVAI & Clemens GRAF VON LUCKNER (PhD Candidates, Sciences Po) on May 6th.
Departmental Seminar *in-person* - Apr 25th
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Yael HOCHBERG is the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Entrepreneurship at Rice University, the Head of the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Rice, and the Academic Director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. She is also a Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Among her editorial duties, she is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Empirical Finance, and previously served as an Associate Editor at the Review of Finance.
Her research interests are focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the financing of entrepreneurial activity, in particular on the venture capital industry, accelerators, networks and corporate governance and compensation policies. Her research has been published in top tier journals, including Science Magazine, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Accounting Research, and the Journal of Financial Economics, and has been presented at numerous universities and governmental bodies around the world.
Yael HOCHBERG will present a paper, joint with Naomi HAUSMAN and Daniel C. FEHDER, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:
The Virtuous Cycle of Innovation and Capital (read paper, PDF 5.54 MB)
More about Yael HOCHBERG and her research
Date: MONDAY, April 25th - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405
The next Departmental Seminar will host TBA on May 2nd.
Friday Seminar *in-person* - Apr 22nd
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Marleen MARRA is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department since 2019. Prior to her academic career, she worked at the research departments of the World Bank and the European Commission.
Her research focuses on the structural analysis of industries and bidding markets, with the aim to inform public policy. She combines game theory and econometric models to analyse strategic choices of firms and individuals. She is particularly interested in questions related to entry in auctions, auction platforms, and transport settings.
Marleen MARRA will present a paper at the next Friday Seminar on the theme:
Airport Slots: Valuation and Allocation (paper to follow)
More about Marleen MARRA and her research
Date: FRIDAY, April 22nd - 12:30 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405
The next Friday Seminar will host Michele FIORETTI (Sciences Po) on April 29th.
Banque de France Research Seminar *hybrid* - Apr 20th
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For the next Banque de France/Sciences Po Research Seminar "Banks and the Financial System: what regulation?", we are pleased to host Robert OPHÈLE (Chairman of the French Financial Market Authority) on the theme:
The Pros and Cons of the Carbon Quota Market in the EU
Christian de PERTHUIS (Professor, University Paris Dauphine-PSL) will give his point of view on the subject.
Banque de France / Sciences Po Research Seminars discuss issues on banking, financial systems and financial regulation. The objective is to confront the approaches and ideas of academics and practitioners.
If you would like to attend, please contact Sandrine LE GOFF by email.
Seminars are organised by Vivien Levy-Garboua (Affiliated & Associate Faculty member), Denis Beau (Sous-Gouverneur, Banque de France), Stéphane GUIBAUD (Professor at Sciences Po).
Date: Wednesday, 2022/04/20 - 17:00
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405 and via Zoom
The next Banque de France Research Seminar will host Oliver WANG (NYU Stern) on May 11th.
RIEF Network Conference
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The Department will be hosting the Research in International Economics and Finance (RIEF) Network's 21st Annual Doctoral Meetings.
The RIEF Network was created in 2004 in order to strengthen scientific cooperation and contacts between European research centres working on international economics. Every year it organises a doctoral meeting which gives selected PhD candidates or young doctors (on the job market) the opportunity to have their papers discussed by senior researchers in the field.
A prize of 500 euros is awarded to the best paper presented.
When? Thursday, April 28th & Friday, April 29th, 2022
Where? Sciences Po - Department of Economics - 1, place Saint-Thomas d'Aquin 75007 Paris
Organizers: Anne‐Célia DISDIER (anne‐celia.disdier@psemail.eu), Mathieu PARENTI (mathieu.parenti@ulb.be)
Thursday, 28 April 2022 - 8:45 AM to 5 PM (Rooms B103 and B108)
8.45 - 9.00 AM: Registration
Session 1: Macro
Chair: Fabien TRIPIER
9.00 - 9.35 AM: Why Does a Dominant Currency Replace Another?
Presenter: Marko Mlikota (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: Lise Patureau (University of Paris Dauphine – PSL)
9.35 - 10.10 AM: A Consolidated‐by‐Nationality Approach to Irish Foreign Exposure
Presenter: Andre Sanchez Pacheco (Trinity College Dublin and IM‐TCD)
Discussant: Francesco Pappada (Banque de France and PSE)
10.10 - 10.45 AM: Seniority and Sovereign Default
Presenter: Adrien Wicht (European University Institute)
Discussant: Fabien Tripier (University of Paris Dauphine – PSL and CEPREMAP)
10.45 – 11.15 AM: Coffee Break
Session 2: Trade
Chair: Maria BAS
11.15 - 11.50 AM: Trade Liberalization and Differentiation: Third‐Country Effects
Presenter: Deniz Atalar (University of Cambridge)
Discussant: Gabriel Smagghue (Banque de France)
11.50 - 12.25 PM: Trading under Uncertainty: Evidence from Myanmar's Ethnic Conflicts
Presenter: Stephan Pauly (Sciences Po)
Discussant: Daniel Mirza (University of Tours)
12.25 – 1.00 PM: Firm‐Level Prices, Quality, and Markups: The Role of Immigrant Workers
Presenter: Giulia Sabbadini (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Discussant: Maria Bas (University Paris 1)Vincent STERK (UCL)
1.00 – 2.15 PM: Lunch at Sciences Po
Keynote Lecture 2.15 – 3.15 PM: Growth and the Fragmentation of Production
Johannes BOEHM (Sciences Po and CEPR)
Session 3: Innovation and Shocks
Chair: Céline POILLY
3.15 – 3.50 PM: The Labor Market Consequences of Appropriate Technology
Presenter: Gustavo de Souza (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Antonin Bergeaud (Banque de France and CEPR)
3.50 – 4.25 PM: Identification of Expectational Shocks in the Oil Market using OPEC Announcements
Presenter: Riccardo Degasperi (University of Warwick)
Discussant: Moritz Schularick (Sciences Po, University of Bonn, and CEPR)
4.25 – 5.00 PM: Sovereign Defaults in a World of Climatic Disasters
Presenter: Ibrahima Diarra (University Paris‐Saclay)
Discussant: Céline Poilly (Aix‐Marseille School of Economics and CEPR)
Friday, April 29th - 8.45 to 4.40 PM (Rooms B103 and B108)
Session 4: Trade, FDI and Networks
Chair: Gonzague VANNOORENBERGHE
8.45 – 9.20 AM: Invest in Friends or Foreigners? The Role of Social Connectedness in Foreign Direct Investment
Presenter: Felix Dornseifer (Technische Universität Dortmund)
Discussant: Andrea Ariu (University of Milan and CEPR)
9.20 – 9.55 AM: Export Entry and Network Interactions: Evidence from the Belgian Production Network
Presenter: Philipp Ludwig (KU Leuven)
Discussant: Isabelle Méjean (Sciences Po and CEPR)
9.55 – 10.30 AM: Mergers, Foreign Entry, and Jobs: Evidence from the U.S. Appliance Industry
Presenter: Felix Montag (Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University Munich)
Discussant: Gonzague Vannoorenberghe (Université Catholique de Louvain)
10.30 – 10.50 AM: Coffee Break
Session 5: Investment and Trade Agreements
Chair: Mathieu PARENTI
10.50 – 11.25 AM: International Investment Agreements, Double‐Taxation Treaties and Multinational Activity: The (Heterogeneous) Effects of Binding
Presenter: Monika Sztajerowska (PSE)
Discussant: Giuseppe Berlingieri (ESSEC)
11.25 AM – 12 PM: Partial Equilibrium Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements
Presenter: Maria Ptashkina (University Pompeu Fabra)
Discussant: Mathieu Parenti (ULB and CEPR)
12.00 – 1.10 PM: Lunch at Sciences Po and Best Paper Prize awarded by CEPREMAP
Keynote Lecture 1.10 – 2 PM: Foreign Shocks as Granular Fluctuations
Isabelle MEJEAN (Sciences Po and CEPR)
2 – 2.15 PM: Coffee Break
Session 6: Portfolio Investment and Governance
Chair: Johannes BOEHM
2.15 – 2.50 PM: Foreign Portfolio Investment Network and Currency Risk Premia
Presenter: Jantke de Boer (Technische Universität Dresden)
Discussant: Pablo Winant (ESCP and CEPII)
2.50 – 3.25 PM: Cracks in the Boards: the Opportunity Cost of Governance Homogeneity
Presenter: Hélène Maghin (KU Leuven)
Discussant: Johannes Boehm (Sciences Po and CEPR)
Session 7: Taste and Culture
Chair: Thierry MAYER
3.25 – 4 PM: How Taste Proximity Affects Consumer Quality Valuation of Imported Varieties: Evidence from the French Agri‐Food Sector
Presenter: Francesco Guerra (INRAE)
Discussant: Antoine Berthou (Banque de France)
4 – 4.35 PM: The Effect of Being a European Capital of Culture: Evidence from Matera
Presenter: Luca Favero (University of Turin, and Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Discussant: Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po, CEPR and CEPII)
4.40 PM: End of Conference
Thanks to the generous support of the following institutions, there are no submission or attendance fees to the meetings:
